Google MapsThe death of a 69-year-old woman found dead in her Flagg street home has been ruled a homicide.

ORANGE — Authorities today identified the 69-year-old woman slain Friday on a quiet, dead-end street, and said no arrests have been made in connection with her killing.

The victim, Luz Hernandez, was found unconscious in her living room by her housemate at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. An autopsy performed today found the cause of death to be asphyxiation, the prosecutor's office said. There was also evidence of a burglary.

The housemate called police, but rescue workers were unable to save Hernandez. She was pronounced dead about 5:20 p.m., said Thomas Fennelly, Essex County’s chief assistant prosecutor.

No arrests have been made yet. It was Orange’s fourth homicide of 2010, according to prosecutor’s office statistics.